Why This Tiny Fleece is an Art Yarn Dream

Meet Salome, a 4-year-old ewe with a moorit fleece that is truly one-of-a-kind. While she is a spotted ewe, her fleece itself doesn’t carry spots—but I’ll show you on her neck wool exactly how that spotting is expressed, resulting in a beautiful mix of white, brown, and fawn where the colors meet. Despite my well-known "feelings" about spotted fleeces, Salome’s wool is something special. At 21.9 spinning fineness, it is incredibly soft despite its very short staple length and tightly coiled locks. In this video, we’ll skirt her fleece and discuss why these unique characteristics make it the perfect candidate for spinning textured art yarns directly from the locks. I'm skirting fleeces in preparation for my 2026 fleece auction and I am making videos of each fleece skirting session. All the videos can be found with this playlist link:    • Skirting Videos for 2026 Fleece Auction fr...   Watch me skirt and also talk through: An evaluation of her fleece - shearing quality, micron, staple length How I would process and spin it up - would I flick it, drum card it, use it for art yarn My plans for combed top What I am doing with the scraps this year A little bit about Salome and her story Here is the link to sign up for my mailing list so you get the notification email when the fleeces have been uploaded to the website and the schedule dates for the auction start and finish: https://softshetlandwool.com/pages/ne... Here is the link to a video I made which covers all the important information about our fleeces in case I missed something in this video!    • 2026 Shetland Fleece Skirting Series: Intr...   Thank you so much for watching this video, I hope you like it! #shetlandsheep #fleecekirting #handspinning #whisperingpinesfarm. My Links: Farm website: https://softshetlandwool.com Instagram:   / whisperingpinesshetlandsheep   Facebook:   / softshetlandwool   Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/people/Whspri... Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SoftShetlan... Email: [email protected] Blog: whisperingpinesshetlands.blogspot.com